FACT - Friends of Alum Creek and Tributaries
Volunteers working to preserve, protect, restore the quality & beauty of the Alum Creek watershed.
Free to attend an educational workshop.
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Great turnout at the Green Columbus and FACT - Friends of Alum Creek and Tributaries Wetland Tree Planting and Garlic Mustard Removal event yesterday at Heritage Park in Westerville! Many thanks to all the volunteers including Girl Scout troop #6699. We planted over 60 seedlings, and removed honeysuckle, 15 bags of garlic mustard, and 3 sofa cushions from the woods.
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Westerville Parks plans to develop a forested preserve with ravines, streams, woodlands and wetlands. We're encouraging to sustain a passive nature preserve to protect our precious Alum Creek watershed.
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It was a good day!
Thank you FACT!
Thank you Sunday in the park volunteers helping City Government of Westerville, Ohio
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www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2024/04/19/residents-feel-heard-satisfied-by-7-0-vote-to-kill-f...
Westerville council swayed by city residents' objections to plastic foam compactor machine
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Hilliard has had its foam compaction machine for two years with no community opposition. Westerville lashed out and kills project.1 CommentComment on Facebook
Thank you Westerville
Unfortunately this old fashioned combined sewer underground storage tank does not "prevent" raw untreated sanitary sewage from overflowing directly into adjacent Alum Creek natural waterway, when storage capacity exceeds 857k gallons. Major rainfalls produce excessive storm waters into Columbus archaic combined sewer pipes. Blueprint Columbus is updating systemwide to become compliant with the US Clean Water Act and per EPA's consent decree.
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Please assist FACT or any others this Saturday, April 20th. Thanks for your public service!
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High water flow will be subsiding.
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Some FACT folks will be leading the April 20th workshop while others will be volunteering that morning with Academy/Wolfe Parks/Alum Creek corridor cleanup. fb.me/e/4omywbJrv Both events are free and highly rewarding - take your choice.
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Great job !
FACT is monitoring chloride in Alum Creek using Salt Watch kits. Too much chloride in streams is bad for aquatic life and our drinking water. Since last December, 5 volunteers have collected over 50 chloride readings at 11 locations in Alum Creek. High chloride readings were found after road salt applications but were diluted quickly a few days after rains. Alum Creek tributaries had much higher and sometimes toxic readings that persisted. Here Sandy Welter demonstrates taking a chloride reading at Alum Creek Park North in Westerville.
Read the full article in the FACT Spring 2024 Newsletter and watch a short video on how to take a chloride reading: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA1PfwN_rMk. If you would like to get involved contact us at info@friendsofalumcreek.org.
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Keep up the good work!